Sunday, November 25, 2007

Reporters' Notebooks

Joseph Goodman, Miami Herald: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow fractured a bone in his non-throwing right hand during the victory against Florida State.

Tom Murphy, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Houston Nutt was fiery when asked about his job status. If he resigns, he would lose about $2.5 million in deferred money and a bonus, meaning a negotiated settlement is likely.

Craig Smith, Seattle Times: Washington State athletic director Jim Sterk says no decision has been made on whether Bill Doba will return as coach, but he did acknowledge that if a change is made, former Cougar coach Mike Price is a potential candidate.

Bryan Strickland, Durham Herald-Sun: Duke's Ted Roof expects to learn in the next two days if he'll be back to coach the Blue Devils.

Bill Reiter, Kansas City Star: The Missouri-Kansas game turned into a scalper's dream, with prices out of control.

Darren Sabedra, San Jose Mercury News: Stanford's Jim Harbaugh blew off the media after his team lost to Notre Dame.

John Rohde, Oklahoman: Oklahoma State's regular season ended like it began. The Cowboys got mashed up front by a more physical opponent.

Honolulu Advertiser: Boise State president Robert Kustra said the Broncos have a geographical attraction to the Mountain West Conference but, for the moment, are intent upon "improving the quality of the Western Athletic Conference."